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THE annual conference of the Agricultural Section of the Association of Scientific Workers was held in London during November 23–24 and attended by delegates from all parts of Great Britain. The conference was addressed by Prof. J. A. Scott Watson, chief of the advisory service of the Ministry of Agriculture, on the technical advisory services in agriculture. There was a discussion on the future of British agriculture and the part that agricultural scientists could play in the research and advisory services. Dissatisfaction with the conditions of service was expressed by many members, and it was agreed that the efficiency of the food production programme might be seriously impaired unless far more adequate provision was made for science and scientific workers. The present critical labour situation in the industry was discussed in detail. A delegate from the National Union of Agricultural Workers stated that the shortage of labour has been greatly exaggerated, and that the introduction of foreign labour is in no way a permanent solution of this difficulty. Mechanization, improved wages and living conditions and an apprenticeship scheme would be of more value.
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Agriculture and the Association of Scientific Workers. Nature 158, 869 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158869b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/158869b0